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1 John XXIII (contd.)

To William Bernham, rector of Brampton in the diocese of Norwich, bachelor of canon law. Prorogation to five years more of the three years during which he was dispensed by Alexander V to hold with Brampton any benefice with cure, after which he obtained the parish church of St. Mary in the Marsh (de Marisco), Norwich (Noruien.), value together not exceeding 34 marks; with dispensation to resign within either of the said two periods, simply or for exchange, his said two churches, and to hold instead two similar or dissimilar incompatible benefices. Within the five years he is to exchange one of such two incompatible benefices for another benefice compatible with the one retained, otherwise he is to resign it. Litterarum sciencia, vite ac morum.

Ibid.

To John Wynkeperye, rector of Bluntesham in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to him—who holds the above church, value not exceeding 80 marks, and the canonry and prebend of Milverton in Asteleye, in the diocese of Lichfield and Conventry, value not exceeding 10 marks—to hold for five years, together with Bluntesham, any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, and to resign both, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, and hold instead two similar or dissimilar incompatible benefices. Within the five years etc. as in the preceding. Vite etc.

Ibid.(f. 128d.)

To John Wade of Lopham, rector of T[h]elnetham in the diocese of Norwich, bachelor of canon law. Dispensation to him—who is M.A. and holds Thelnetham, value not exceeding 36 marks, and the canonry and prebend of Calabelr (?) in Tuam, value not exceeding 12 marks—to hold for five years, with Thelnetham, any other benefice etc. as in the preceding. Litterarum etc.

Ibid.(f. 129.)

To Robert Graunt, rector of a moiety of Pakefeld, in the diocese of Norwich. Dispensation to him, who holds the said moiety of Pakefeld, value not exceeding 20 marks, to hold therewith for five years any other benefice etc. as in the preceding. Vite etc.

Ibid.

To Robert Syred, rector of Elsynge in the diocese of Norwich. Dispensation to him, who holds Elsynge, value not exceeding 40 marks, and the chantry of the Exaltation of Holy Cross, Attilburgh, without cure, in the same diocese, value not exceeding 10 marks, to hold with Elsynge for five years any other benefice etc. as in the preceding. Vite etc.

7 Kal. Feb.Bologna.(f. 130d.)

To Donald Odeaygh, clerk, of the diocese of Killaloe. Dispensation to him—who has had papal dispensation, as the son of a subdeacon and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure—to hold one, two, three or four mutually compatible benefices with or without cure, even if canonries and prebends or one of them an elective dignity, major or principal respectively, personatus or office, with or without cure, in metropolitan, cathedral or collegiate churches, and to resign them, for exchange or otherwise, as often as he pleases. Vite etc.

Ibid.(f. 131.)

To Denis Odeaygh, clerk, of the diocese of Killaloe. Dispensation to him—who has had papal dispensation, as in the preceding, and who is in or about his twentieth year—to hold etc. as in the preceding. Vite etc.

1411.6 Kal. April.Bologna.(f. 134.)

Licence etc. as below. Boniface IX—at the petition of Edward, duke of York [then of Albemarle, added on f. 136] and his father Edmund, then duke of York, containing that they proposed to found and endow, with assent of the apostolic see, in their castle of Fodringeye in the diocese of Lincoln, a college of the Annunciation of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Edward, King and Confessor, for a master or dean, twelve chaplains to form the chapter and live as a college, say the canonical hours, day and night, and mass and other divine offices, and four clerks to minister to master or dean and chaplains and assist at the said hours etc., which master or dean, chaplains and clerks should be bound to personal residence; and praying pope Boniface to grant them licence to so found and endow the college up to the said number or more, and to exempt the college from the bishop of Lincoln and all inferior judges ordinary and to subject it immediately to the metropolitan only—ordered the abbot of Ramsey, without mention of his name, upon sufficient endowment being made, to grant licence for such college to the said number of seventeen. Pope Boniface further granted to the master or dean, in the event of the licence being granted, of the college being founded and the said number of seventeen being instituted, the same jurisdiction over chaplains and clerks as that exercised by the masters or deans of other colleges in the said diocese or in the province of Canterbury, and also the cure of souls thereof. He likewise exempted and subjected them as above, exempted them from personal residence in any other of their benefices, and granted that they might, when residing in the college, take the fruits of such other benefices. Upon its being set forth by Edward to the present pope that Thomas, abbot of Ramsey, had executed the said mandate, the pope confirmed both mandate and proceedings. The [recent] petition of Edward contained that he desires the said number of chaplains etc., limited as above, to be increased, and that he desires—especially because duke Edmund, the principal founder, was prevented by death from completing his pious intent—king Henry to be principal founder; that he desires the above dedication to be changed to the Annunciation of St. Mary the Virgin and All Saints; and that he desires the above exemption to be withdrawn, and the college to be subjected, not to the metropolitan but to the bishop. The pope grants licence for the desired increase, constitutes king Henry principal founder, along with Edward and his heirs and successors, and changes the dedication and subjection as desired, saving to the master or dean the same jurisdiction as is exercised by those of other colleges, even as regards cure of souls as above. Ad fut. rei mem. Exigit preclare. (De mandato.) [The date is altered in the margin from 6 Kal. June to 6 Kal. April.]

1410.8 Kal. July.Bologna.(f. 136.)

An Ad fut. rei mem., differing from the preceding in the preamble, but otherwise almost verbatim the same as far as ‘take the fruits of such other benefices,’ continuing thence as follows:—Afterwards, as the recent petition of duke Edward—
Edmund his father having died—to the present pope contained, Thomas, abbot of Ramsey, executed the said mandate for a college of seventeen persons. At the said petition, the pope confirms the said mandate of pope Boniface and the abbot's proceedings, all papal privileges and indults to the college, and royal and other liberties, immunities and exemptions from secular exactions. He further ordains that the master or dean and the precentor (cantor), if any, may and shall wear surplices and almuces like canons, the chaplains like vicars, and the clerks and ministers like choristers (querestariorum) and other ministers, of cathedral churches. Ad fut. rei mem. Ex debito solicitudinis. (De mandato.)

1411.4 Id. Jan.Bologna.(f. 173.)

To John Forster, rector of Kington Magna in the diocese of Salisbury, M.A. Dispensation to him—who is in minor orders only, and is an old member of the papal court (antiquus curialis existis)—not to be bound for five years, on account of the said church or any other benefice with cure, to have himself promoted to the subdiaconate or other holy orders. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc.

Ibid.

To Richard Hullis, clerk, of the diocese of Canterbury. Dispensation to him—who is studying letters and is in or about his eighteenth year—to hold a benefice with cure, even if a parish church or a perpetual vicarage, and to resign it, for exchange or otherwise, as often as he pleases. Vite etc.

1410.Kal. Dec.Bologna.(f. 173d.)

To John Burdet, perpetual vicar of St. Madernus in Cornwall, in the diocese of Exeter. Grant as below. It was lately set forth on his behalf to the pope that he formerly received papal dispensation, as the son of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold any benefice with or without cure, even if a canonry and prebend or a dignity etc., and to resign it, for exchange or otherwise, as often as he pleased, after which he obtained the parish church of Everesholt in the diocese of Lincoln, was subsequently ordained priest, freely resigned Everesholt and obtained his above vicarage of St. Medernus (sic); that the present pope dispensed him to hold any mutually compatible benefices of any number and kind, with or without cure, even if canonries and prebends or dignities etc., and to resign [them and] the said vicarage for exchange or otherwise, as often as he pleased, with grant that in future papal graces no mention of his illegitimacy needed to be made; and that the pope made provision to him of canonries of London and Ripon with expectation of prebends. The pope grants that his said dispensation and provision shall hold good from the date thereof as though he had not subsequently ordained (i) that illegitimate persons should not be admitted to cathedral canonries and prebends and dignities etc., notwithstanding any dispensations on account of illegitimacy, nor to collegiate dignities [Ottenthal, Regulæ Cancellariæ Apost., John XXIII, nn. 21 and 22.]; (ii) that—although the pope or his predecessors have occasionally granted that in the case of papal
dispensations on account of illegitimacy no mention needed to be made of such illegitimacy in future graces concerning benefices—such mention should thenceforward be obligatory, the graces otherwise being null, except in the case of certain specified persons [Ibid., n. 23]. Vite etc.

3 Non. Dec.Bologna.(f. 174d.)

To the same. Dispensation to him—who holds the above vicarage of St. Madernus, value not exceeding 90 marks, and to whom the pope has recently made provision of canonries of London and Ripon with expectation of prebends—to hold for seven years, with his said vicarage, or with other incompatible benefice which he may obtain if he resign it, any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible therewith, even if a parish church or a perpetual vicarage or an elective dignity, major or principal etc., and to resign both, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases. Within the seven years he is to exchange etc. as above, f. 127. Vite etc.

Id. DecBologna(f. 175.)

To John Burdet, archdeacon of Carlisle. Provision to him— who has had dispensation, as in the preceding, here recapitulated—of the said archdeaconry, value not exceeding 100 marks, void and reserved to the pope by the death at the apostolic see of Thomas Strykland; notwithstanding that he holds the above vicarage, value as above, and that the pope has lately made provision to him of canonries of London and Ripon with expectation of prebends. Vite etc.

Concurrent mandate to the bishops of Winchester, Civitaten., and St. Davids. Vite etc.

1411.4 Id. Jan.Bologna.(f. 177.)

Appropriation to the prior and brethren of the priory of the Hospitallers in England—on account of the destruction of a number of their buildings and other immovables in Wales by reason of the long wars there—of the parish church, of their patronage, value not exceeding 90 marks, of Normanton in the diocese of York. On the voidance of the rectory they may take possession, a fit portion for a perpetual vicar, a secular priest, being reserved. Ad perp. rei mem. Sacre religionis.

Ibid

Grant—at the recent petition of Thomas, abbot, and the convent of St. Mary's, York, containing that Boniface IX motu proprio appropriated to the then abbot and convent the church of Hornse in the diocese of York, of their patronage; that although the then abbot and convent, for obtaining the said appropriation, incurred heavy burdens and expense, it was ineffectual on account of the subsequent general annulment by pope Boniface on 11 Kal. Jan. anno 14 [1402, see Cal. Lett. V, p. 599] of appropriations; and that abbot Thomas was sent to the late Council of Pisa as ambassador or nuncio of Henry, archbishop, and the clergy of the city and diocese of York, and has remained after the close of the Council—that the said appropriation shall hold good from the date of these presents notwithstanding the said annulment. On the voidance of the
church they may take possession, a fit portion being reserved for a perpetual vicar, a secular priest. Ad perp. rei mem. Exigit dilectorum.

Ibid.(f. 180.)

To Simon Northew, rector of Southese in the diocese of Chichester, bachelor of canon law. Dispensation to hold for five years with Southese, value not exceeding 26 marks, another parish church. Within the said period he is to exchange one of the two for another benefice compatible with the remaining one; otherwise Southese is to be resigned. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc.

7 Kal. Feb.Bologna.(f. 180.)

To Nicholas, bishop of Ardfert. Grant to him—to whom Angelus Corario, then called Gregory XII, made provision of the said see, void by the death of William and previously reserved, and whom the said Angelus caused to be consecrated without the apostolic see; who, by virtue of the said provision, made shortly after the cardinals abandoned Lucca and went to Pisa, obtained peaceable possession of the see, long before the sentence. of the Council of Pisa against the said Angelus and Peter de Luna, called Benedict XIII; and who has firmly adhered to the said Council—that the said provision shall hold good even though, as he fears, the see became and is void otherwise than as above, and the provision therefore specially or generally reserved. Ad ecclesiarum.

3 John XXIII

1413.5 Kal. May.St. Peter's, Rome.(f. 191.)

Remission, out of consideration for king Henry, to Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, whither he has been translated from York, and to Henry, archbishop of York, and to their heirs and successors and to the church of York, of all sums due to the camera of the college of cardinals as common and minute services for three provisions of the see of York, namely to Thomas for himself and for the late Alexander, his immediate predecessor there, and to Henry for himself; with absolution from excommunication etc. and perjury etc., and rehabilitation.Univ. et singulis. Univ. vestre notum esse volumus. (De mandato.)

5 John XXIII

To the prior and friars of the Trinitarian house of Eston in the diocese of Salisbury. Indult—in aid of the burdens, arising from hospitality and their own sustentation, of their house, in which they live under the rule of St. Augustine—on the voidance of the perpetual vicarages of any three churches appropriated or to be appropriated to their house, the value of which house does not exceed 100 marks, to present to the ordinary for institution to each vicarage, one of their friars, who shall have the cure of the parishioners, and to convert the fruits etc. of the vicarages to their own uses. Digna audicione. (De mandato.)

1414.3 Kal. Dec.Constance.(f. 224d.)

To Clemence Newsom, nun of the Benedictine priory of Nonne Appulton in the diocese of York. Dispensation to her —who is in or about her eighteenth year and is the daughter of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman—upon reaching the lawful age, to hold any dignities, even that of abbess, priories, even conventual, and offices, wont to be held by nuns of the order, even if elective. Digna reddimur attencione. (De mandato.)

Relaxation, during fifteen years, of ten years and ten quarantines of enjoined penance to penitents who from the first to the second vespers on the feasts of St. Laurence and St. Michael the Archangel in September, and who on the Annunciation of St. Mary the Virgin and Good Friday, and from the first to the second vespers of Whitsun Day and during the three following days, visit and lend helping hands and give alms for the repair and conservation of the chapel of St. Laurence by the parish church of Toustolc in the diocese of Exeter; which chapel is in great need of costly repair. Univ. Christifid. etc. Licet is.

8 Id. June.Bologna.(f. 299.)

To Henry Merston, rector of Orpyngton in the diocese of Canterbury. Grant to him—whom, holding canonries and prebends of York, Southwell and the free chapel of St. Stephen in the royal palace of Westminster (Weston), the free chapel of Sherston Pynkeney in the diocese of Salisbury, and the above church, value altogether not exceeding 125 marks, the pope lately dispensed to hold for life with the said church one other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a parish church or a perpetual vicarage, or a dignity etc., and to resign both, simply or for exchange—that the said dispensation shall hold good from the date thereof as though the value of his said benefices were not stated therein as not exceeding 125 marks, but were stated, in accordance with the truth, as not exceeding 200. Vite etc.

2 Kal. Dec.Constance.(f. 314d.)

To the archbishop of York. Mandate to dispense John Ballie and Mabel de Wynkley, of his diocese, to marry notwithstanding that Mabel Ballie, John's mother, was godmother to the said Mabel de Wynkley. Oblato nobis. (De mandato.)

Ibid.

To the prior of Wyrkesop in the diocese of York. Mandate to absolve from excommunication incurred, imposing a penance, Robert de Laghton and Isabel Melton, of the diocese of York, who have lived together as man and wife for eight years, having married before the church not in ignorance that Robert had held for the bishop at her confirmation a certain daughter of Isabel, but in a wrong belief that they had sufficient dispensation from the apostolic see. They are afterwards to be dispensed to remain in the marriage, and offspring past and present is to be declared legitimate. Oblate nobis. (De mandato.)

1414.Ibid.(f. 315.)

To the bishop of Lichfield. Mandate to absolve and penance, as in the preceding, John Bylet and Emmota of his diocese, who married before the church not in ignorance that the late Joan, John's wife, had been godmother to a son of Emmota. They are afterwards etc., as in the preceding. Oblate nobis. (De mandato.)

Ibid.

To the bishop of Lincoln. Mandate to dispense Richard Boteler and Joan Lymebrenner of his diocese to remain in the marriage which they contracted per verba de presenti
before the church in ignorance, as they afterwards learned, that the late Cristina Stiuecle, with whom Richard had contracted marriage per similia verba, was the sister of Joan's late mother. Offspring past and future is to be declared legitimate. Oblate nobis. (De mandato.)

3 Kal. Dec.Constance.(f. 316.)

To Wynnocus Chamberleyn, rector of Branketre in the diocese of London. Dispensation to hold for seven years with Branketre any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if a parish church or a perpetual vicarage or a dignity etc., and to resign both, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleases, and hold instead two mutually incompatible benefices, even if parish churches, but not major dignities in cathedral nor principal in collegiate churches. Within the seven years he is to exchange etc. as above f. 127. Vite etc. (De mandato.)

Footnotes

1. Described on the back as Liber 55 of the Register of John XXIII. This volume, which is very much damaged by water, comprises the years 1, 2,3, 4, 5 of John XXIII.

2. Described on the back as Liber 67 of the Register of John XXIII, and on the flyeaf as tomus primus mixtus and also as Liber 67.